First talks with home fertilizer manufacturers - tips?

Conversations with prefabricated house providers.

Probably means: Conversations in show homes, but with independent sales agents (?)

Are there things I absolutely have to say but above all also things I should definitely not say (already) now?

Make use of your right to refuse to give a statement and as has already been said here, don’t sign anything. And don’t talk about money yet, especially not openly about your actual maximum budget. Let your interlocutors present what they have to offer. Take notes, and later transfer them like an accountant into a two-column table in the style of debit and credit side: separate facts about their own offers on one side, and slander against competitors on the other. That usually disqualifies one of those birds right away.

When it comes to a house, it’s about significantly more money than with a car, but the sellers are not more honest because of that.

I can only agree with my predecessors.

In our first conversation, the two representatives probably smelled it right away. They told us everything under the sun and made everything sound totally simple and wonderful. They wanted to get the signature immediately, there was even a promotion with a super great Weber grill.... (at the next provider there was then a complete kitchen or an electric bike....)

We stated our maximum budget and received the offer by email days later... we could hardly believe it, even the representative was totally excited... we hit our maximum budget exactly except for 400€!!! Unbelievable!!!1!oneone -.-

- Ask for construction and performance descriptions
- Ask about the possibility to visit a former building family to get an impression on site and also talk to such people about their experiences with the company
- Take your time and obtain as many offers from different companies as possible. Better to invest two or three more weekends than to pay too much later.
- Order as many model house catalogs as possible online and work your way through them.

Regards Michael

yes, never name the desired price, it will be outbid, GUARANTEED

Hi,

we visited the prefab house world in Hannover at the airport in September 2016.
There we were interested in the show house of Gussek Haus "Carina".
After a very nice conversation in the house, we were given a price of approx. 230 TEUR.
2 months later we then attended the open house day of Gussek Haus in Nordhorn.
In a further conversation on site, the same house already cost 297 TEUR, plus any potential upgrades.
At the end of the day, we won a voucher for 5 TEUR, which will be credited upon order.

Regards
Matthias

Money should speak - not you!

Please request the handover of the construction and service description, complete, in writing.

Ask for a sample contract.

All right, noted. Thanks.

Have both checked independently and get independent advice on them. Then go into the second meeting.

Have the sample contracts and construction service description checked? Since having them checked by a lawyer or building consultant already costs money, doesn’t it make sense then to have your own preliminary contract checked? The sample contracts are surely also all "great" and "perfect"

Including slab. 278,000.-€ price after the selection with upscale fittings. Just so you have a comparison.

Thanks, that is helpful. And I consider that a good price as well. Which provider/GU7GÜ? (preferably via PN)

Ask whether it might be possible to do a factory visit or even a preliminary selection.

Thanks, noted and we will ask.

Ask if you can have contacts of other builders to exchange with them.

Thanks. That will be done as well.

Clarify what is included in the calculated incidental construction costs. With some providers, for example, the builder must organize and pay for the portable toilet or the construction debris container themselves, with others this is included in the price.

Will do. Question: Is there room for negotiation here or do they always have the same services in the contract?

Do you already have a plot of land?

Yes, luckily

Probably means: conversations in model homes, but with independent sales representatives (?)

Exactly. With those ladies and gentlemen who sit in the model homes. So it’s better to contact the prefab house manufacturer directly?

And don’t talk about money yet, especially not openly about your actual maximum budget.

All right, we won’t say anything. Thanks.

Make notes, and later transfer them like an accountant into a two-column table à la debit and credit side: there you separate facts about their own offers on one side, and badmouthing about the competitors on the other. That usually gets one of those birds disqualified.

Great, thanks. I hoped for tips like that. I will do that.

- Take your time and get as many offers as possible from different companies. Better to invest two or three more weekends than to pay too much later.
- Order as many model home catalogs online as possible and work through them.

We have done that. We want to hold all the meetings from mid-January to mid-February. That’s 4-5 weeks and 3-4 providers (which might be too few). We now have catalogs from over 20 providers and it fills half the living room But they really helped us find our taste and eliminate most providers from the race.

We were in September 2016 at the FertighausWelt in Hanover at the airport.

We know that one all too well